Fort Sanders battle re-enactment a festival for onlookers

A Confederate re-enactor, center, heckles Union re-enactors marching past before a re-enactment of the Battle of Campbell's Station in Corryton on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (ADAM LAU/NEWS SENTINEL)

Spectators take photos of a Confederate re-enactor playing dead at the conclusion of a re-enactment of the Battle of Fort Sanders in Corryton on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (ADAM LAU/NEWS SENTINEL)

Re-enactor Patrick Smith checks over his shoulder while advancing in a field during a skirmish before the official Battle of Ft. Sanders re-enactment in Corryton on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (ADAM LAU/NEWS SENTINEL)

Just as in 1863, the Union forces of Gen. Ambrose Burnside withstood the attack of Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet at the Battle of Campbell’s Station on Saturday, and they later inflicted heavy casualties at Fort Sanders.